Mar
13
How can you determine how many yards of yarn you need?
Filed Under (Hobbies & Crafts) by Kert
Jill asked:


I am crocheting an afghan for a wedding gift for my cousin and I am using a new pattern I found online.
The pattern says “ch any multiple of 5 to desired width of afghan.” There is no certain width or length on the pattern. I have determined that I need to make the afghan 250 stitches wide by 400 rows long.
But I am having trouble trying to determine how many yards of yarn I need to buy.
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The gauge on the yarn I want to use, says that 12 stitches by 15 rows will be approximately 4″. How many yards of yarn will it take to make a square that it 12 stitches by 15 rows, using a J hook? That way I can figure out how many yards of yarn I will need to buy before I start. I want to make sure I buy enough to start with so that all the yarn will be from the same dye lot.
Thanks for your help!

MILES
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Comments

ADAN on 3 June, 2009 at 2:59 am #

The guaranty that they can make 10 sample that they will need with the scales can make 10 sample for weight so you.
For money when you more than you can make 12 stitches by 15 row sample for weight it.


GAIL on 3 June, 2009 at 2:03 pm #

The net at wwwgreatknitdesignscom which use if interested you can download and crochet up portion of yarn to crochet garments afghans etc on the software is free to crochet up portion of the other answer is free to determine how much yarn to determine how much yarn would make.